The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery

by Siddharth Kara

From Pulitzer finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Cobalt Red: A notorious slave ship incident that led to the abolition of slavery in the UK and sparked the US abolitionist movement

In late October 1780, a slave ship set sail from the Netherlands, bound for Africa's Windward and Gold Coasts, where it would take on its awful human cargo. The Zorg (a Dutch word meaning both "care" and "worry") was one of thousands...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250348226
• ISBN13: 9781250348227
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"